The accelerator is the most active investor in companies using LLMs for multi-step tasks that require reasoning.

PitchBook data shows that startups with active founder-CEOs create value faster than companies led by experienced professional managers.

More than 60% of this year’s Y Combinator cohort companies are building tools around AI and machine learning.

Techstars has topped a list of the most active accelerators backing European startups since the start of 2018, with 661 investments.

Y Combinator made its name by backing companies such as Airbnb and Reddit early on, and it has ridden that wave to become the accelerator of choice for founders.

Amazon Web Services is launching a generative AI accelerator for startups, taking on Microsoft and its Azure Cloud Services.

Y Combinator, the prolific Silicon Valley accelerator known for its bets on DoorDash, Reddit and Airbnb, said it will cut back on investing in later-stage companies and will trim nearly 20% of its staff.

Maëlle Gavet joins the podcast live from Web Summit 2022 to unpack the state of the early stage.

While the Benelux startup ecosystem is young, it is growing. We took a look at some of the most active accelerators and incubators across the bloc.

Google’s Launchpad program matches startups with in-house AI & machine learning experts. We spoke to Kevin O’Toole, head of international growth and research for the initiative, to learn more.

Google’s Launchpad program has helped startups worldwide tackle AI & machine learning problems. Here’s where the accelerator has invested around the world.

The future of farming has a tough row to hoe ahead of it as the global population approaches 10 billion by 2050. But newly launched investment platform FoodShot Global and its partners are ready.

In the 10 years since SXSW launched its Accelerator Pitch Event, 403 companies have participated and gone on to raise $4.6 billion through a combination of VC deals and acquisitions.

Taking a page out of the Silicon Valley playbook, many nonprofits have recently enrolled in accelerator programs and even gone on to successfully raise follow-on funding.

We break down some of 500 Startups’ notable investments, accelerator alumni and exits. The firm’s unconventional investing style seems to be working just fine.

We highlight some of the notable companies and founders to graduate from the Y Combinator accelerator, including Airbnb, Instacart and Dropbox.

Driverless car technology is a hot topic. This $1 billion acquisition of a startup by GM makes the market and its future all the more intriguing.

The proportion of Series A rounds completed each year by accelerator alums has increased YoY for the past eight years, showing the growing amount of influence these programs are having on the venture capital ecosystem.